Tydings represented the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, along with 26 other coalitions in an important Fourth Amendment case before the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to overturn a Maryland court decision holding that DNA testing of arrestees was unconstitutional. William Sammons authored an amicus brief in support of that cause. On June 3, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Maryland law, accepting the positions taken by the coalitions and other amici. Read MCASA’s full press release.